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<br /> <br />STATUS OF SOUTH BEND'S COMMON COUNCIL DISTRICTS <br />Using the Precincts established by the County Commissioners and the population from <br />the 2020 Census, the Committee has set forth in the attached Exhibit B the Precincts <br />and population for South Bend's existing Council Districts. Because Indiana law <br />requires that Districts must contain, as nearly as possible, equal population, the <br />Committee has also shown for each existing District the extent to which the population <br />is over or short compared to target one-sixth of South Bend's total population <br />(i.e.,17,245 and 16.67%). <br />As shown in Exhibit B, the present status of South Bend's Common Council Districts is <br />very close to the 17,245 and 16.67% targets, as follows: <br />• District 1 – population of 17,888 (17.30%) is only slightly more than one-sixth of <br />South Bend's total population by 643 (0.63%) <br />• District 2 – population of 16,546 (16.00%) is only slightly less than one-sixth of <br />South Bend's total population by 699 (0.67%) <br />• District 3 – population of 17,902 (17.30%) is only slightly more than one-sixth of <br />South Bend's total population by 657 (0.63%) <br />• District 4 – population of 16,843 (16.30%) is only slightly less than one-sixth of <br />South Bend's total population by 402 (0.37%) <br />• District 5 – population of 17,279 (16.70%) is only slightly more than one-sixth of <br />South Bend's total population by 34 (0.03%) <br />• District 6 – population of 17,011 (16.40%) is only slightly less than one-sixth of <br />South Bend's total population by 234 (0.27%) <br />RECOMMENDATION FOR A 2022 REDISTRICTING PLAN <br />The Committee respectfully recommends that the South Bend Common Council enact <br />a 2022 redistricting plan that would make no changes in the present Precinct and <br />District assignments. The Committee's reasoning is: <br />• the population in each District is already very close to the 17,245 and 16.67% <br />targets with less than 1% variance; <br />• this redistricting plan would comply with Indiana Code (IC 36-4-6-3) requirements <br />that Council Districts “(a) be composed of contiguous territory, (b) be reasonably <br />compact, (c) not cross precinct boundary lines, and (d) contain, as nearly as is <br />possible, equal population”; <br />• this redistricting plan would avoid unnecessary disruption of existing <br />relationships between Council Members and their constituent neighborhoods <br />and citizens. <br /> <br />4